Railway-rail stay.



No. 311,55()A TEN-TED FEB; 6, w- J DGNVN, RAILWAY EA Hummm: FILED A PH. 2s, 1905.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES DONOVAN, OF THREE RIVERS-MICHIGAN ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, `TO VSHEFFIELD `CA COMPANY, OF THRE-RTYERS,

MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION orl M :Hierin AiLwA-Y-RAIL STAY.

To' all whom t may cmt'cerna Be it known that I, J AMES'DONOVAN, a citizen of the United States, residil g at Three Rivers, in the county of St. J ose `h and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Iml rovernents in Railway-Rail Stays, of which/t e following is a s ecification, refer'- encebeing had therein to t eaccompanying drawings.'

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in railwayerail stays intended to prevent the creeping of rails inthe road-bed; and it consists in the construction of a block or frame adapted to be clamped upon the base of a railadjacentto the tie for the purpose described. 1-

The invention'further consists in the con'` struction of the device of sheet metal and having a holding means for one. side of the rail and a wedge adapted to be driven between separated bearings at the other side of the rail land to lock the body or block ti htly upon the rail. This wedge is preferably an ordinary spike. A 1

' The i vention further consists in the con.- struction,arrangement, and combination of the various parts, as more fully hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the laims. f

In thedrawings, Figure 1 yis a perspective view of my improved device, the wedge or spike being omitted. Fig. 2'is a verticalcentral longitudinal section through the device,

' x showing the wedge as i'nsertedfand before it is driven home. Fig. 3 is a planof the blank, showing the lines uponwhichit is bent and cut. Fig. 4 is an enlar edsection siniilarto Fig. 2, showing the we ge driven in and the device in its 'final position. h

` I preferably manufacture the" device of'a single piece of sheet metal and when manu factured as in the manner herein described I prefer to proceed as follows: I take a sheet of metal A and punch therein the two holes a. I then with suitable dies shape the device into the form shown in Fig. 1. In thus shaping it it is cut along the lines b and c and bent upon the dotted lines d. The body or block thus formed has the vertical sides B and at one end has the hook portion C, the lio'ok being above the plane ofthe top portion Projecting above the top of the portion D.

'and separated fromy the hook C substantially the width of the rail-base is the cross-bar E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application nea April 20,1905. .serai No. 256,681.'

the notches I beneath- Beyond the ,cross-bar E and at the end is formed a cross-bar F, having the depressed or U-shaped portion G. Centrally in the be??I Aportion is a similar vdepressed-portion ,A Th1s `centrally-depressed portigin H has no.V particular function in the devi e, being sim# ply a tie between the two sides and between the top portions D; but in makin it of sheet metal, inasmuch'as the depresse portion G 4is necessarily formed, it is easier to dispose of the metal by depressing it into the portion H at "the same time the portionr is formed.

. The inner face ofthe vertical ortion e of the cross-bar E as shown at h, is s ightly bevdescribed. i

eled or inclined for apurp se to behereinafter 7o When the device is to be used, it is engaged with a rail, as shown in Fig. 2'-tl1at is, the i notches I under the hook portion C are engaged with one edge ofthe rail-base, andthe other edgeof the rail-base will strike the inclined portion h of the vertical portion e of' the cross-bar E; but this oiiit of striking will be at such a position t at a wedge or the shank of a tapering spike, such as shown at J,

may be inserted above the depressed portion G of the cross-bar Fbeneath the cross-bar E and have its point above the outer edge of the rail-base; The operator can then -take `his mallet or niawl and drive the wedge er This will force up` the` spike J into position.

body portion of the stay and wedge the railbase tightly between the inclined face hand cross-barsE and F being made of 'sheet' metal 4will yield or spring slightly as the wedge is driven in and will act to tightly hold the wedge or spike in position. Thusnot'only will the device be tightly gripped upon the the hook' C.- The rail, but the holding-wedge will be tightly.

gripped in position, so that the ordinary vi' brations of passing trains will not loosen it.

It will be observed that withthis device I A 'am enabled to dis ense with all. screws andA screw-threads and t iat the ordinary rail-spike can be used as the wedge, which can be driven roo in and driven out and the dei. lce readily at- .tached and detached. At thev same time it will grip the rail so firmly when located .closely beside the tie that'it will hold the rail froincreeping.

What I claim as n1. invention is 1. In a railway-rail stay, the combination of a block having a seat for the rail-base, and

a Wedve passing lengthwlseo' the blook for clamping the block. to the raii. i

2. In n, railway-rail stay, the combination of a block havin(y a seat for the railbase, an overhangnghoo` at one sideof the seat, and

' a Wedge-bearing at the other` sidethereof and a Wedge adapted to engagethe bearing transv Verse to the rail and to clamp the block tothe "transverse to the rail.

rail. l

3.' Ine alWay-rail stay, the combination of a block hawlng a' seat for a fall-hase, :thook et one side o 'f the sea-t, 'a cossba-i at the other side, and a Wedge adapted torengage under the 'cross-bar and over the rail-base In e railWay-fail stay, the Combination of a blookhavlnga seat for ay rail-base, a hook at one side' of the seat, e crossJmr at the K side thereof, the cross-bars E and F V.at the' other side, and the depressed portion Gin the. cross-bari?.y A Y. 6. A rallwey-rail stay made of sheet metall 'comprising the sides B e raifseat D, the hook.

C at one side` thereof. and the crossbars E and F at the other side thereof. 1 v

In testimony whereof I afxmy' signature in presence of two-Witnesses.

' JAMES EBOATOVAIJ Witnesses.'

' AMELIAWILLIAMS, EDWARD DHALT. 

